New Hair!

New hair, girl! This is the biggest change I’ve done in about two and a half years, but ya know, I was SO ready. It’s still hella long, but the shape and color are different.

I told my friend Alis, who now works at Plum Salon in Corte Madera and has been doing my hair forever, that I wanted to keep it long but was up for anything, and she ended up doing a ’70s-inspired shape by cutting longer face framing layers that touch my upper cheekbones and chin, and keeping the longer layers at the bottom.

She describes it as a modified shag, so the bulk of the volume is around my face and not at the ends, like it was before. She also cut my bangs so that they now part in the center, but they’re trimmed in a way that allows me to switch to a side sweep, if I’m so inclined.

Alis didn’t mention the exact name of the color, but I know that she uses Wella, and she described the shade as a warm chocolate brown. And for the streaks, she hand-painted random rich coppery pieces around my face.

The difference between hand-painting and doing foils, Alis says, is that hand-painted pieces look more seamless and less choppy than foils, and with hand-painting you can really let your artistic vision guide you, because it’s literally like painting on hair. For this rock ‘n’ roll look, Alis did some chunky pieces on one side, then some smaller, daintier bits on the other.

I’m into it!

When you’re watching other people who are watching you taking selfies in your car…I have no idea why every “before” pic I take is absolutely terrifying.

I’m really looking forward to experimenting more with this cut. Alis told me that it looks cute when you do a ponytail or a half-pony, and you let the bangs frame your face.

I think it would also look cute with a little bit of back-combing for height at the roots.

It kinda channels Stevie Nicks, too, and, as you know, I wanna be her when I grow up. 🙂

If you’d like to book an appointment with Alis, shoot me an email, and I’ll give her your info. She’s a little tough to book now because she just got married to the love of her life and lives in Vegas, but she flies out to the Bay Area every few weeks to take care of her clients.

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I LOVE this look! With some backcoming it could look kind of 60’s Bardot as well.

I’ve been growing my hair out, but it’s a slooow process. I can only dream of it ever getting as long as yours. But I’ve been rocking a middle part sometimes too, it’s fun and feels kinda boho and 70’s, which I love.

I agree with previous comments – you look great! That’s not exactly news though. 🙂 Can’t wait for more pics, so see it in action with various make-up looks! The only thing I switched up with my hair recently just because I was bored…is I tried some white hair chalk, and surprisingly kinda loved it. Since it washes right off, seemed like the best antidote for boredom, but without taking risks. Otherwise, last time I was very ready for a big change and went to a salon, I came out with really short hair and that wasn’t the best look for me. At all… 😛
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Oooh, word of caution with the temporary color. I’ve used something similar before in pink and there was a big chunk that never quite washed out. Totally agree with you though in how fun (and how easy!) it is.

Wow, how did I miss that post?! Yeah, been through similar with some red ‘temporary’ color. Didn’t go away nearly as fast as it was supposed to, which wasn’t great. But this white chalk I’m using seems to not leave a single trace after shampoo. It’s called ‘Fudge Urban Hair Chalk White 4G’

This is the kind of look I have been wearing lately, with the longish bangs. But my hair is way finer and shorter than yours, so I don’t look half as awesome.LindaLibraLoca recently posted … My evening skincare routine – Summer 2017

You look fabulous. Not everyone can pull off even a modified shag (I’m actually revising that to VERY FEW people can pull it off) but this really suits you. You look like a real California/surfer girl in the best possible way! I was going to ask about Alis and the move to Vegas when you mentioned she was cutting your hair. It’s great that she’s coming back to take care of her loyal clients. 🙂 Also great that she clearly has a lot of artistic ability. I’ve seen several stylists hand-paint highlights and I almost always dislike it. It’s probably my weird need for evenness/symmetry. But yours look great!

Love this look! Bangs are growing out nicely, and I love the coppery highlights!

I’m scheduling a haircut when I go visit my parents next week. I hate salons but this is apparently a pretty low-key environment that also has kind of an art gallery / studio. My hair is pretty boring so I don’t need to worry too much about texture and I don’t color my hair though.

Looks gorgeous! I love the coppery pieces. What I would give for a stylist who can cut bangs that can go either way. Yes, I switch up my part on an almost daily basis.
I just realized that I have all these short pieces in my hair and I figured out it’s right at the point where I put barrettes in to keep my hair out of my face when working out. Argh, the realization that your hair is breaking off is not good. Now I have to find a way to keep it out of my face when working out. It’s not long enough or thick enough for a pony tail.
BTW, I still want to be Stevie Nicks, too.